January 6, 2019

Travel experience as well as local lifestyle in Bangkok is incomplete without soaking in the ambiance of the vibrant shopping malls. Social media culture reveals shoppers' preferences of malls in the form of reviews, check-ins, hashtags and 'likes' on websites or apps such as TripAdvisor, Foursquare, Instagram, Facebook, etc.

Aggregated from information available on these sites is the following list of the most popular shopping malls in Bangkok as at the end of 2018:

Siam Paragon

Central World (including ZEN and Isetan)

Terminal 21

EmQuartier & Emporium

ICONSIAM

MBK

Central Chidlom

Platinum Fashion Mall

Siam Center

Siam Discovery

The top 5 shopping markets in Bangkok, in order of popularity in 2018, are:

Chatuchak Weekend Market

Train Night Market Ratchada (Talad Rot Fai Ratchada)

Asiatique The Riverfront

Train Night Market Srinakarin (Talad Rot Fai Srinakarin)

Pratunam Market

What do you think of these lists? Do you agree? Are any of your favorite malls or markets missing?